
Cinema of the Damned
A directory of horror — thousands of films and series, each scored by the Crypt Score, our audience-first blend of IMDb, Rotten Tomatoes, Metacritic, and the reviews of this coven. Hunt by sub-genre, decade, or dread.
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Stalker
›2023 · Horror, Thriller · 93m · Sophie Skelton, Stuart Brennan, Bret Hart
Rose Hepburn, a young actor working in horror movies, returns to her empty hotel. Forced to use the old freight elevator, it jolts to a halt on the twelfth floor, leaving her trapped with an unusual stranger. Left with no mobile phone signal as a storm approaches, tensions escalate and suspicions rise when Rose discovers the identity of the mysterious man is Daniel Reed, a camera operator on her latest movie, who is seemingly obsessed with her. As the elevator hangs precariously high about to plunge down at any minute, some harsh truths and actions start unfolding.

Velvet Buzzsaw
›R2019 · Thriller, Mystery, Horror · 112m · Rene Russo, Jake Gyllenhaal, Zawe Ashton
Big money artists and mega-collectors pay a high price when art collides with commerce. After a series of paintings by an unknown artist are discovered, a supernatural force enacts revenge on those who have allowed their greed to get in the way of art.

Red Lights
›R2012 · Thriller · 114m · Cillian Murphy, Sigourney Weaver, Robert De Niro
Two investigators of paranormal hoaxes, the veteran Dr. Margaret Matheson and her young assistant, Tom Buckley, study the most varied metaphysical phenomena with the aim of proving their fraudulent origins. Simon Silver, a legendary blind psychic, reappears after an enigmatic absence of 30 years to become the greatest international challenge to both orthodox science and professional sceptics. Tom starts to develop an intense obsession with Silver, whose magnetism becomes stronger with each new manifestation of inexplicable events. As Tom gets closer to Silver, tension mounts, and his worldview is threatened to its core.

Hellraiser
›R2022 · Horror, Thriller · 121m · Odessa A'zion, Drew Starkey, Jamie Clayton
A young woman struggling with addiction comes into possession of an ancient puzzle box, unaware that its purpose is to summon the Cenobites, a group of sadistic supernatural beings from another dimension.

Antiviral
›NR2012 · Science Fiction, Horror · 110m · Caleb Landry Jones, Sarah Gadon, Malcolm McDowell
Syd March is employed at a clinic that sells injections of live viruses harvested from sick celebrities to obsessed fans. When he becomes infected with the disease that kills super sensation Hannah Geist, Syd becomes a target for collectors and rabid fans. He must unravel the mystery surrounding her death before he suffers the same fate.

Nightwatch
›R1997 · Drama, Horror, Mystery · 102m · Ewan McGregor, Patricia Arquette, Josh Brolin
A law student takes a job as a night watchman at a morgue and begins to discover clues that implicate him as the suspect in a series of murders.

GirlHouse
›NR2014 · Horror, Thriller · 100m · Ali Cobrin, Erin Agostino, James Thomas
In an attempt to make some extra cash while away at College, Kylie moves into a house that streams content to an X-rated website. After a deranged fan hacks in to determine the house's location, she finds herself in a terrifying fight for her life.

The Factory
›R2012 · Crime, Thriller, Mystery · 108m · John Cusack, Jennifer Carpenter, Mae Whitman
An obsessed cop is on the trail of a serial killer prowling the streets of Buffalo, N.Y. but when his teenage daughter disappears, he drops any professional restraint to get the killer.

10 to Midnight
›R1983 · Crime, Drama, Thriller · 102m · Charles Bronson, Lisa Eilbacher, Andrew Stevens
Warren Stacy, an office equipment repairman, begins murdering women after they reject his advances. To minimize the evidence, Stacy always kills while naked, wearing nothing but gloves, and further evades the law with his strong alibis. Veteran detective Leo Kessler is convinced of Stacy's guilt and begins using questionable methods to catch him.

Satan's Little Helper
›R2005 · Horror, Comedy · 100m · Alexander Brickel, Katheryn Winnick, Stephen Graham
A naïve young boy unknowingly becomes the pawn of a serial killer.

Popcorn
›R1991 · Comedy, Horror · 91m · Jill Schoelen, Tom Villard, Dee Wallace
While holding a horror film festival, a group of students are stalked by a madman who may have a sinister connection to a cult leader.

The Well
›2024 · Horror, Thriller · 91m · Lauren LaVera, Claudia Gerini, Giovanni Lombardo Radice
A young restorer travels to a small village to restore a medieval painting to its former glory. She will put her life in danger due to a curse attached to the painting.

Patrick
›PG1978 · Horror, Science Fiction, Thriller · 112m · Robert Thompson, Susan Penhaligon, María Mercedes
A comatose hospital patient harasses and kills through his powers of telekinesis to claim his private nurse as his own.

Vampire Journals
›R1997 · Horror · 92m · Jonathon Morris, David Gunn, Kirsten Cerre
A 19th century vampire stalks a more powerful vampire lord in his quest to gain revenge over the death of his mistress. In his search for the vampire lord in Eastern Europe he kills many of his servants and fellow vampires while cursing another to vampirism as well.

The Alchemist Cookbook
›2016 · Drama, Horror, Comedy · 82m · Ty Hickson, Amari Cheatom, Fiji
Self-made chemist Sean, a recluse living in an old trailer in the woods, suffers from pill-popping delusions of fortune. When his manic attempts at cracking the ancient secret of alchemy go awry he unleashes something far more sinister and dangerous.

Venus in Furs
›1969 · Horror, Thriller · 86m · James Darren, Barbara McNair, Maria Rohm
After a jazz musician finds a woman's corpse washed up on the beach and remembers that he witnessed her murder at a party the previous night, a woman who bears a strong resemblance to her begins to exact revenge on the murderers.

Butt Boy
›2020 · Comedy, Thriller, Horror · 99m · Tyler Rice, Tyler Cornack, Shelby Dash
Detective Fox loves work and alcohol. After he goes to AA, his sponsor, Chip, becomes a suspect in his investigation for a missing kid. Fox believes people are disappearing up Chip’s butt.

Another Evil
›2016 · Comedy, Horror · 92m · Jennifer Irwin, Dax Flame, Steve Little
After encountering a ghost in his family's vacation home, Dan and his wife Mary hire an "industrial-grade exorcist" named Os to get rid of the beings.

Donovan's Brain
›1953 · Science Fiction, Horror, Thriller · 83m · Lew Ayres, Nancy Reagan, Gene Evans
A scientist takes the brain of dead man and revives it via electrodes as it lays suspended in a tank of liquid. Soon, the brain grows to possess enormous psychic powers and inflicts its personality upon the doctor who saved it, creating a "Jekyll and Hyde" paradigm.

Jane
›R2022 · Mystery, Thriller, Drama · 84m · Madelaine Petsch, Chlöe Bailey, Chloe Yu
When Olivia gets deferred from her dream college, she begins to spiral. In an attempt to regain control, she embarks on a social media-fueled rampage against those that stand in the way of her success. But as things escalate, she is forced to confront her darkest impulses in order to get ahead.

Artik
›2019 · Horror, Thriller · 76m · Chase Williamson, Jerry G. Angelo, Lauren Ashley Carter
In rural farm country, a comic book obsessed serial killer clashes with a straight edge purist over a young boy's fate.

The Lighthouse
›NR2016 · Drama, History, Horror · 102m · Mark Lewis Jones, Michael Jibson, Ian Virgo
Two lighthouse keepers clash, making their duties difficult even before a freak storms hits and strands them at the lighthouse for months. Based on a true story.

Delivered
›NR2020 · Horror, Thriller, TV Movie · 80m · Natalie Paul, Tina Majorino, Micah Joe Parker
A pregnant woman’s life is upended when she realizes someone close to her has darker plans for her and the baby.

Taking Lives
›R2004 · Thriller · 103m · Angelina Jolie, Ethan Hawke, Kiefer Sutherland
Recruited to assist Montreal police in their desperate search for a serial killer who assumes the identities of his victims, FBI profiler Illeana Scott knows it's only a matter of time before the killer strikes again. Her most promising lead is a museum employee who might be the killer's only eyewitness.






















